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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7450

27 January 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Sacker & Partners LLP has appointed Tom Jackman as a solicitor.

Glaisyers Solicitors LLP has recruited solicitor, Chris Burrows to its wills, trusts and probate department.

Eversheds has appointed Mark Surguy, the chairman of the Midlands Fraud Forum, as a commercial dispute resolution partner.

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) has made new appointments this month. International arbitrator Doug Jones joins as CIArb president and John Wright becomes chairman of the board of trustees.

Karen Lord, a business lawyer joins Morrisons Solicitors company and commercial team from ASB Law.

Peter Clarke, former head of Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism squad, has been stirring things up again at Policy Exchange, the right-leaning think tank...

Suing Ryanair is no easy task, claims Ian Loveland

Barbara Hewson considers the latest ECtHR ruling on Ireland’s abortion law

Carol Goodall offers a solution to lease renewal troubles

Ombudsmen: a substitute for litigation? Judith Farbey reports

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
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